From the award-winning embroiderer who introduced you to some of the world's most exquisite forms of traditional embroidery, comes a new how-to guide full of colourful images and enticing projects to help you discover the beauty of Norwegian pattern darning. Pattern darning is a simple technique, and beginners through to experienced stitchers will find much to delight in this book. In Yvette Stanton's book Smoyg: Pattern Darning from Norway, you will explore where smoyg can be found in Norway and where it features on traditional clothing and textiles enjoy many photographs featuring historical examples of smoyg learn the stitches and techniques of smoyg with clear step-by-step instructions and detailed diagrams be inspired by 13 original projects, from small through to large, with a range of useful and beautiful applications. If you love colourful, geometric folk embroidery, this is the book for you.

Author Biography

Yvette Stanton is the publisher and designer behind Vetty Creations, and an award-winning embroiderer with over 15 years' experience of producing beautiful intricate embroideries. She has a passion for whitework embroidery, and a passion for sharing it with others. Yvette has written three books on whitework, one of them with her twin sister, Prue Scott. Yvette is an accredited tutor with the Embroiderers Guild of NSW, and teaches embroidery classes, specialising in whitework at shops and guild groups around Australia. Yvette lives in Sydney, Australia. Visit Yvette's blogspot at http://vettycreations.com.au/white-threads/